Zack Young

Zack is a writer and documentary filmmaker based in Ridgewood, Queens. He’s spent much of the past decade in Brooklyn making shorts, web series, branded docs, and a feature film. He also hosts interactive performance art around the city and publishes a bi-monthly zine about dreams.

Latest Articles

2 weeks ago
The more complex your lighting setups become, the more important it is to have a powerful key light that can easily be adjusted. The Nanlux Evoke 900C RGBLAC LED spotlight, available in a Trolley Case or a Flight Case, definitely fits the bill. This 940W…
2 weeks ago
The bread and butter of PTZ camera usage will always be situations where a second take isn’t an option—sports, musical performances, public presentations, religious ceremonies. These are productions where getting great footage the first time around isn’t just ideal, it’s imperative. And one of the easiest ways to step those productions up is by using more than one camera. By having multiple…
3 weeks ago
Profoto continues to bring cinema lighting techniques to the professional photo world, unveiling the Spot Small spotlight attachment for flash heads. The Spot Small works with flat and protruded flash heads, shaping them into crisp, clean light beams using a 115mm lens. The brand also…
1 month ago
SmallRig has made their mark on NAB 2025 with a few interesting new products. The X-Touch Smart Triple-Proof X99 is a 99Wh V-mount battery built for tough outdoor conditions; the…
1 month ago
Venus Optic’s Laowa-branded lenses have innovated been innovators in the anamorphic space for years, and their new line of Proteus 2x Anamorphic T2.9 Zoom Lenses, consisting of 26-45mm and 45-85mm lenses at launch, represents an exciting step forward. Laowa promises these PL-mount lenses…
1 month ago
Two years after the announcement of their landmark ATHENA PRIME series, NiSi is back at NAB unveiling a fresh set of fast, lightweight lenses known as the AUREUS PRIME series. These new T1.4 full-frame cinema lenses are designed to be sharp, consistent, and ideal for modern large format sensors. The launch…
1 month ago
Blackmagic Design is known for launching exciting products and updates at their yearly NAB presentation, and 2025 is no different. This year the big-ticket items are a new PYXIS 12K cinema camera, a ton of improvements coming to DaVinci Resolve 20, and a whole host of…
1 month ago
Eight years after the NAB debut of the Tilta Nucleus-M, Tilta is back at the convention unveiling the highly anticipated Nucleus-M II Wireless Lens Control System, an updated version of their immensely popular follow focus…
1 month ago
LED lights continue to pack more power into smaller packages, and Godox's new KNOWLED MG6K Bi-Color LED Monolight is a great example of this. It's an extremely punchy 5000W fixture that can illuminate large studios and locations. The light has a comparable output to a traditional…
1 month ago
Aputure’s BLAIR (Blue/Lime/Amber/Indigo/Red) light engine made waves when it debuted last year, producing more accurate and tunable colors—especially shades of white—than the LED fixtures that came before. Now, we have two new Aputure lights that utilize BLAIR, the powerful 5200W…
1 month ago
Viltrox continues to deliver fast full-frame lenses that are both compact and ideal for budget-conscious shooters. The new Viltrox AF 50mm f/2 lens, available in Sony E or…
1 month ago
Once you’re familiar with the basic concepts behind high-volume photography, the next logical step is to figure out what gear you need to purchase. That’s when the panic might hit. Suddenly you’re flooded…
1 month ago
Sony has announced the VENICE 2 Extension System Mini, a new iteration of the popular Rialto expansion unit that allows users to disconnect the sensor block from the body of their VENICE 2 to make the camera more nimble and portable. The Extension System Mini is about 70% smaller and…
2 months ago
You’ve probably seen PTZ cameras in the background of your favorite sports broadcasts and reality shows, but there’s a chance you might not know exactly what they are or why they’re used. Think of pan-tilt-zoom cameras, commonly known as PTZ cameras, as a…
2 months ago
Sony has announced their first ever camera tracking system, the OCELLUS (ASR-CT1), which consists of a sensor unit, processing box, and three lens encoders. The system can be used with a wide variety of cinema and broadcast cameras, providing marker-free tracking through a…